Major works of Anglo-Saxon book illumination

The main works of Anglo-Saxon book illumination are representations in manuscripts that were created in England between the 7th and 11th centuries.

Illustration	designation	Time of origin	Place of origin	Remarks	signature
	Durham Gospels (A.II.10)	around 650	probably Lindisfarne Monastery	Gospels	Durham Cathedral Library, Manuscript A.II.10.
	Durham Gospels (A.II.17)	around 680	Lindisfarne Monastery or Rathmelsigi Monastery , Ireland	Gospels	Durham Cathedral Library, MS A II 17
	Codex Amiatinus	around 700	Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Monastery	Bible, oldest surviving Vulgate manuscript in the world	Florence, Biblioteca Laurenziana , MS Amiatinus 1
	Lindisfarne Gospels	715/21	Lindisfarne Monastery	Gospels ; Scribe and illuminator: Eadfrith , monk and bishop of Lindisfarne	London, British Library , Cotton MS Nero D. iv
	Cassiodorus, Expositio psalmorum	at 730	probably Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Monastery	Psalm commentary, the oldest surviving copy of the late antique work	Durham, Cathedral Library, MS B. II. 30
	Beda Venerabilis, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (L)	between 731 and 746	Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Monastery	English church history, one of the two oldest surviving copies	Saint Petersburg, Russian National Library , lat. Q. v. I. 18th
	Codex Aureus of Stockholm	around 750	Canterbury School	Gospels	Stockholm, Kungliga Biblioteket , MS.A.135
	Vespasian Psalter	second half of the 8th century	St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, or Minster-in-Thanet Abbey	Psalter (Psalms) with old English interlinear glosses, oldest English translation of the Bible	London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian AI
	Book of Cerne	9th century		Gospels	Cambridge University Library , MS L1. 1. 10
	Gospel Book (London)	10th century (additions)	Winchester style	Gospels with portraits of Anglo-Saxon evangelists in an Irish manuscript from the 8th century	British Library, MS 40618
	Benedictine of St. Æthelwold	around 970/980	Winchester	Benedictionals	British Library, MS 49598
	Codex Junius (Caedmon)	around 1000		Poem about Genesis and New Testament stories, one of the four oldest manuscripts in the Old English language	Oxford, University, Bodleian Library , MS Junius 11
	Grimbald Gospels	Early 11th century	Winchester style	Gospels	British Library, Add MS 34890
	Regularis Concordia	11th century	probably Winchester	Benedictine rule	London, British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius A III
	Hexateuch (Claudius)	around 1025/1050	St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury	Oldest surviving Old English translation of the first six books of the Bible	London, British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B.iv

literature

• Carl Nordenfalk: Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Painting: Book illumination in the British Isles 600-800 . George Braziller, New York 1976, ISBN 978-0-8076-0825-8 .